I have a cottage that was built in the 40's and was very well kept by the prior owner. However, the prior owner took this nice shingle style cottage and buttoned everything up. He put in new windows and vinyl siding. Worse than that, he boxed in the soffits with plywood and then wrapped that [...]
Everyone seems to strive for low maintenance in a home nowadays. Well, it isn't always the best option. We had a sunroom project to work on at a cottage where we are replacing 9 storm windows that were caulked shut to keep out the water. A sunroom that doesn't have an operable window might as [...]
We purchased this cottage about 2 years ago this month. There was nothing "wrong" with the cottage at the time, but we decided to make many improvements to move the place forward. I wanted to write this post to outline the major work that was done since we purchased. This article certainly isn't a "how-to", [...]
We have been working on our cottage project for just about 10 months now. In fact, it was father's day weekend last year when we first looked at the listing and went under contract. Over the course of the past year, we have completed (or started) many projects. We may have been at work on [...]
Dual Flush Toilets When I decided to get a dual flush toilet for our cottage project, I mentioned it to a couple of friends and they didn't have a clue what I was talking about. These are people would would consider themselves "green" or "conservationists" at heart. I was surprised that they weren't aware of [...]
I know that this is an issue that arises for many people when you try to renovate a space, or try to squeeze in an extra bathroom or powder room. Often, we find ourselves constrained by the space and a typical bathroom vanity is too large for the space. Some will go with the small [...]
